Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 508 Research

"What is the most expensive thing in the wizarding world? Knowledge!"

"I thought you were going to give me Galleons or Pounds."

"go away!"

Charles threw Harry out of the Transfiguration classroom and continued to say to Hermione and Ron: "Next I will teach you how to transform into animals, starting with using animal hair to assist in casting spells."

"Your learning process will serve as the basis for Professor McGonagall's evaluation to determine how it should be incorporated into the Hogwarts teaching system."

As Charles said, knowledge is the most valuable thing for wizards.

In order to get the support of the big bosses of Hogwarts, Catherine decided to hand over this magic to Hogwarts without reservation.

Dumbledore agreed and decided to include animal transfiguration in the Hogwarts teaching system.

The specific work was done by Professor McGonagall, but teaching a revolutionary new magic was not an easy task, and it required mice to step on the landmines in front. So Charles volunteered to take the job and found three mice weighing more than 100 kilograms.

At this time Harry came back and Charles said to him, "Harry, you will be the one writing the study report."

Harry pointed at himself in surprise and opened his mouth as if to say, why me when Hermione is here?
Ron asked excitedly and curiously: "Can this magic transform me into any animal?"

Charles nodded and said, "Any furry animal is fine, but fish and dragons are not."

Hermione discovered the key and asked, "Can it be turned into a ruby?"

Animagus transformation cannot transform into a magical creature, but Charles just mentioned a dragon, so Hermione wondered if that meant it could also transform into a phoenix.

Charles looked at her and said, "If you keep eating sweets, you'll turn into that."

Harry and Ron turned their heads away, trying not to laugh.

Charles ignored Hermione's murderous look and continued, "I will explain this magic to you tonight, and then you can study it two nights a week. In the next class, each of you must bring a handful of Crookshanks' hair as a teaching aid."

Harry immediately raised his hand and wanted to say something.

Charles knew what he wanted to say and rejected him directly: "Don't even think about becoming Hedwig. Learning to fly with wings is different from learning to fly with a broom. If you're not careful, you'll fall to your death!"

Harry almost fell to his death and immediately put his hand down.

Hermione continued to look at Charles unkindly, obviously thinking of something about using Crookshanks as a teaching aid.

Next, Charles explained the animal transfiguration in detail and then demonstrated it.

He finally asked, "Do you understand?"

"I don't understand most of it," said Hermione distressedly.

Harry: “Snoring…”

Ron: “Hurrah…”

Charles ignored the two sleeping people and after asking Hermione, he understood why she didn't understand some parts.

To understand a magical knowledge point, you need to learn the prerequisite knowledge first, and there is a lot of prerequisite knowledge about animal transfiguration that is not in the textbooks. Charles knows this knowledge thanks to Aberforth's previous transfiguration notes when he planned to turn a sheep into a waiter.

This part of knowledge is quite important in animal transfiguration, but there is a risk of following in Aberforth's footsteps. Whether it can be included in the teaching will ultimately depend on Dumbledore's decision.

Charles looked at the three people in front of him. They didn't look like they could turn sheep into humans, so he said, "Then I'll start teaching you all the relevant knowledge from beginning to end in the next class."

Hermione naturally agreed, and since the other two hadn't woken up yet, they took that as their agreement.

Today's extracurricular teaching ended, and Charles and Hermione left the classroom together.

Hermione noticed that Charles had not returned to the common room, so she asked, "Where are you going?"

Charles replied, "The Alchemy Laboratory."

Hermione knew that Charles was doing alchemy experiments, but she had never seen what it was like, so she followed him to take a look.

On the way, she asked, "What's the progress of your research?"

Charles replied: "It's not like we're making new desserts, how can it be that fast?"

"The current research is like standing in London shrouded in thick fog, with Trafalgar Square at Charing Cross at your feet. Every step forward in any direction is a new discovery, but there are Charing Cross Street, the Strand, Northumberland Avenue, Whitehall Avenue, the Boulevard, and Coxpool Street around you. You don't know which road will lead you to your destination, and you don't know if you will fall into the river if you keep walking forward."

"All we can do now is keep spending money, keep trying, and try all the ways."

Charing Cross is the traditional centre of London and the customary zero reference point for road and rail mileage in the UK.

Hermione understood what Charles meant. She asked, "Is there anything I can do?"

Charles said seriously: "Eat less sweets."

Hermione snorted heavily and turned her head away.

She quickly started gossiping with another question: "It seems like you've rarely been with Furong this semester?"

Charles replied, "Because the next competition is a school-to-school competition, it will be beneficial for everyone to avoid suspicion."

Hermione said a little disappointedly, "I thought you were going to have a secret tryst."

Charles turned his head and asked her seriously: "Have you been dating Krum recently?"

Hermione shrugged and said, "I have nothing in common with him."

Charles understood it immediately. Quidditch was the most important thing in Krum's world, and Quidditch was also the least important thing in Hermione's world. It was difficult for the two to have a common language.

He said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. It's hard to find a cat with three tails, but there are plenty of men with two legs. I'll introduce Beckham to you when I have time."

Hermione punched him in annoyance. She had heard this for years.

As they were talking, the two arrived at the laboratory tower.

As soon as she entered the door, Hermione got goose bumps.

Charles placed the puppet here so that it can both transcribe data and perform security work.

He originally planned to use it in the greenhouse, but then thought better of it, as there weren't many opportunities to give money to Hogwarts students to win their hearts and minds.

It’s just that these dolls are a bit scary when they enter standby mode, and the more there are, the scarier it is.

Fortunately, it was easy to get used to it. Hermione walked around a puppet and turned to Charles seriously, "You're not going to make them grow weird ears and do weird things, are you?"

Charles said disdainfully, "You speak as if it's difficult for me to make you grow ears and tails."

He took Hermione to the laboratory on the fourth floor, where a huge red gem was floating upright in the air, with a black metal base underneath.

Hermione kept a distance of three meters from the gem, observed it for a while and asked, "Why is it glowing?"

Charles replied: "It's just a spell to prevent it from breaking."

"The following experiments were very complicated, like a mess, and I actually didn't know how to sort them out for a while."

"So I asked a new friend I just met a while ago to help me. I believe there will be good news soon."

Hermione immediately asked him, "Male or female?"

Charles smiled and said, "He was a very powerful man who died eight years ago. He is now a ghost. He is very interested in my plan and decided to help take the lead in solving some problems."

Hermione asked again, "What's his name?"

She thought to herself, when she was reading books, she had never heard of any magic master turning into a ghost.

Charles replied: "Andrey Kolmogorov."

Then Hermione became dizzy and didn't understand many words, but Charles could speak fluently and obviously understood what they meant.

When the two came to the lounge on the fifth floor, Charles finally said: "In this field, the combination of magic and mathematics is very beautiful. I believe that revolutionary breakthroughs can be achieved."

Hermione felt a little headache. Her brain was working at high speed just now in order to keep up with what Charles said, but not only did she not keep up, she also had a headache.

Charles asked her to sit on the sofa, and after he sat down, he threw a bottle of happy water to her, and then said: "There is no one else here, so I will not hide my words."

"Although it may shock you, I still have to say that there is already a huge gap between us in magic."

Hermione pouted. Although she was unhappy, she couldn't refute it.

The example was right in front of her, and she felt that there was no way she could design such an alchemical experiment.

Charles continued, "You are a clever girl, and I think such a talent should not be wasted."

"I once suggested to Professor Dumbledore that we build an independent institution dedicated to in-depth research on magic. He thought this was a good idea, and the Ministry of Magic agreed for various reasons."

"It's just that Professor Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic have been very busy recently and don't have the energy to deal with this matter. I guess we'll have to wait a few years."

"We will be graduating by then. Once this institution is completed, I suggest you go and work there."

(End of this chapter)